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			<td colspan=2 class=header>Sweden: Formulaic Matrix</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Sweden</b></td>
				<td width=44%><b>Primary Districts</b></td>
				<td width=38%><b>Secondary District (national)</b></td>
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				<td width=18%><b>National Partisan Cartels</b></td>
				<td width=44% align=center> -- </td>
				<td width=38%>(2) All votes cast for parties whose vote exceeds 4% of the national total are aggregated to the
					national level. A hypothetical allocation of all seats -- both fixed or constituency seats and additional or
					national seats -- is made by modified Sainte-Lague. Parties which receive more seats in this hypothetical
					allocation are allotted additional seats, from the pool of 39 additional seats in the nation.</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Intra-district Partisan Cartels</b></td>
				<td width=44%>(1b) As in 1a.</td>
				<td width=38%>(3b) As in 3a.</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Lists</b></td>
				<td width=44%>(1a) Each constituency has a certain number of "fixed" seats allocated to it, and these are allocated
					by modified Sainte-Lague. To receive constituency seats, a party must either exceed 4% of the national vote or
					its list(s) in the constituency must exceed 12% of the constituency vote. (4) Seats allocated to intra-district
					partisan cartels in steps 1b and 3b are reallocated to the cartel's constituent lists, basically by PR-d'Hondt.</td>
				<td width=38%>(3a) Additional seats allocated to national partisan cartels in step (2) are reallocated to each
					cartel's constituent lists/partisan cartels according to which of those lists/cartels had the largest average
					in their districts after the allocation of constituency seats.</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Candidates</b></td>
				<td width=44%>(5) Seats allocated to lists in steps 1a, 3a, and 4 are reallocated to each list's candidates mostly by list order.</td>
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				<td colspan=3>349-member Parliament (Riksdag).</td>
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